Note of Comparison of Science Fiction Books and Films
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Science Fiction can be found either in books, on television or as a film. In fact, there are many Science Fiction books that have been made into films. For example, the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, was the basis of the movie "Blade Runner". Clockwork Orange , by Anthony Burgess, was also made into a film by the same name. Even stories as old as Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, and Dracula, by Bram Stoker, were turned into films. These films, however, are not exact replicas of the books (they cannot serve as Cliff Notes to the stories!). This is true because film-making and writing are two different mediums of art...